Abstract: A collection of advertising fliers, brochures, booklets and catalogs for household appliances and products, all aimed specifically
at women, dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The collection includes trade catalogs for heating sources, stoves, porcelain
sinks, vacuums, "wear-ever" cookware, carpet sweepers, irons, wringers, and "ready to eat" food products; fliers for labor-saving
laundry soap, and a dryer that dries without a wringer; a commercial laundry price list; and brochures.

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Scope and Content

A collection of advertising fliers, brochures, booklets and catalogs for household appliances and products, all aimed specifically
at women, dating from the 1860s to the 1930s. The collection includes trade catalogs for heating sources, stoves, porcelain
sinks, vacuums, "wear-ever" cookware, carpet sweepers, irons, wringers, and "ready to eat" food products; fliers for labor-saving
laundry soap, and a dryer that dries without a wringer; a commercial laundry price list; and brochures.

3 flyers: The ABC Spinner; the ABC Companion; and the Apartment Porcelain-Electric Washer.

Box 1, Folder 7

Lewandos Cleansers Dyers Launderers comic bookletcirca 1890?

Box 1, Folder 8

The Universal Clothes Wringer fliercirca 1890

Box 1, Folder 9

North State St. Laundry receiptcirca 1870

Box 1, Folder 10

Merrill's Desiccated Washing Compound fliercirca 1890

Box 1, Folder 11

Brewster's Eureka Labor-Saving Laundry Soap fliercirca 1890

Box 1, Folder 12

The Emerson Laundry Machinery Co. receipt1897 April 1

Box 1, Folder 13

Letter from Jonas Knoll, Double-Action Washer, and Circular1893

Box 1, Folder 14

Bathrooms of Character brochure and letter1923

Scope and Content

Published by The Trenton Potteries Company. Double brochure: one side is "Bathrooms of Character", the other "Porcelain Fixtures
for Kitchen and Laundry".

Box 1, Folder 15

General Compressed Air and Vacuum Machinery Company brochurec. 1909

Box 1, Folder 16

Williamson Electric Flexilyte brochure1910

Box 1, Folder 17

"Victoria" sweeper brochurecirca 1910

Box 1, Folder 18

The "Wear-Ever" Kitchen brochurecirca 1910

Box 1, Folder 19

"Ideal Heating", American Radiator Company pamphlet1913 March

Box 1, Folder 20

Sunshine Cook Book, Reading Stove Workscirca 1913

Box 1, Folder 21

The Larkin Idea1921 September

Scope and Content

Vol. XVII, no. 7. Serial published by the Larkin Company as part of a broad marketing strategy. Larkin Clubs were established
as cooperative buying clubs; members were mostly from small towns whose families had modest incomes. Each club had a "secretary"
who conducted all business with the company. The "Larkin Idea" contains "editorials", information on organizing clubs, essays
from club members, testimonials from customers, marketing information, catalog information, and general product information.

Box 1, Folder 22

The Improved Everson Price List pamphlet1911

Scope and Content

Everson vacuum cleaner.

Box 1, Folder 23

The Bissell Book1912 February

Scope and Content

Vol. 2 no. 6. Pamphlet with information on a variety of Bissell products, including lighting fixtures, switchboards, and vacuum
cleaners; and company information.